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Portugal Legalizes Euthanasia – Current Updates (May, 2023)
Portugal recently passed a law that legalizes euthanasia, becoming one of the few countries in the world to do so. This move has sparked intense debate within the deeply Catholic country, with conservative president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa expressing strong ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2023
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Portugal Legalizes Euthanasia
Portugal recently passed a law that legalizes euthanasia, becoming one of the few countries in the world to do so. This move has sparked intense debate within the deeply Catholic country, with conservative president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa expressing strong ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2023
Category: International / World Current Affairs
What is White Card in Football Match?
The referees show red and yellow cards for foul play in Football. These cards have been in the game since the inception of the FIFA World Cup, that is, 1970. However, a white card was recently introduced. The Referee shall ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2023
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Portugal: EU’s fastest aging country
According to a study published by the contemporary Portugal database Pordata, the elderly population in Portugal has tripled in the past three decades and it currently registers 182 elderly people for every 100 young people, making it the European Union ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2022
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Red-orange Sahara Dust Storm
A powerful storm system brought dust from the Sahara Desert to southern Europe. AEMET, the Spanish state meteorology agency named the storm system Celia. Impact of the dust storm A thick layer of dust covered Spain and Portugal and turned ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022
Category: International / World Current Affairs
National Maritime Heritage Complex to be developed in Gujarat
India and Portugal recently signed an MoU to develop a world-class National Maritime Heritage Complex (NMHC) at Lothal in Gujarat. The MoU has been signed in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, ..
Cha-Chai Art Work inaugurated at National Museum by Portuguese president
The Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is on a four-day visit to India. On February 14, 2020, he along with the Minister of Tourism, India Prahlad Singh Patel inaugurated a Cha-Chai art-work installation at the National Museum. What is ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020
Portugal President visits India
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the President of Portugal recently arrived in New Delhi on a four-day visit. He has been the President of the European country since 2016. He made his first visit to India along with some important delegates ..
First Maritime Museum of India to be set up at Lothal
Lothal, a Harappan site of one of the oldest ports in India is located on the Saurashtra coast of Gujarat has been chosen for setting up the first maritime museum, the National Maritime Heritage Museum of India. The Museum will ..
Fact Box: Freedom Fighter Mohan Ranade
Mohan Ranade, the Veteran freedom fighter who played a major role in Goa Liberation Movement in 1950s, recently died in Pune at 90 years of age. About Mohan Ranade He was born in 1929 at Sangli, Maharashtra. He was a ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2019